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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JUNE 07, 2014 FBO #4578
DOCUMENT

C -- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center - Attachment

Notice Date

6/5/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

541310 — Architectural Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;James J. Peters VA Medical Center;Network Contracting Office 3 (10N3NCO);130 West Kingsbridge Road;Bronx NY 10468-3904
 

ZIP Code

10468-3904
 

Solicitation Number

VA24314I1103
 

Response Due

7/8/2014
 

Archive Date

10/6/2014
 

Point of Contact

Dominik Gammon
 

E-Mail Address

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Small Business Set-Aside

Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR NOR REIMBURSE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST. THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Department of Veterans Affairs, James J. Peter VA Medical Center is seeking a qualified Architect/Engineering (A/E) services complete drawings, cost estimate, technical reports, specifications and construction period services for Project No. 561A4-14-107,Relocate war Related Illness and Injury Study Center. VA Lyons Campus; 151 Knollcroft Rd; NJ 07939. This requirement is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Applicable NAICS code is 541310 and small business size standard of $7 Million. Magnitude of Construction is between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000;. This is a Small Business Set-aside requirement and may be further restricted to SDVOB or VOSB, if two or more respond to this notice. The anticipated award date of the proposed A-E Contract is on or before September 31 2014. All potential contractors must ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES SCOPE OF WORK VA NEW JERSEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM Relocate war Related Illness and Injury Study Center GENERAL SCOPE Provide design services to develop drawings and specifications for the relocation of the existing War Related Illness and Injury Study Center at the NJHCS, East Orange Campus Building 1- 11th floor to the NJHCS, Lyons Campus Building 9- 2nd floor. The A/E will provide preliminary, 65%, 95% and 100% design submissions. The A/E will also provide submittal reviews, construction period services, site visits and inspections. The A/E will meet with VA staff to establish a scope of project. The A/E will review existing drawings and make recommendations for modifications as needed. 1.The A/E services will include various phases of design starting with a site survey and design analysis and following through with working drawings and construction specifications. A cost estimate shall be required for each design review milestone. The A/E shall provide the VA with a list of all submittals required of the construction contractor. Extra efforts are required towards project phasing in order to provide a minimum interruption to the Medical Centers normal activity. 2.The A/E shall address the need for special protective construction (Pre-construction risk assessments) and methods of work to assure the continued operation of medical center. Included are addressing asbestos, lead base paint and environmental controls as regulated by local, county, state, federal and Department of Veterans Affairs regulations. 3.The A/E shall develop an appropriate phasing and coordination plan for the construction of the project so as to continue the normal operation of the medical center and assure the safety of patients, visitors, and employees during all construction. 4.As-built drawings will be verified by the A/E prior to using information contained in these drawings for design. A/E design shall also include requirements contained in VA standards. Drawings shall be on standard VA drawing sheets in accordance with VA Construction Standards and VA Standard Details. Construction drawings shall be provided on Auto CAD 2012.VA Master Construction Specifications will be furnished in MS Word format. All final construction documents will be submitted to the VA on a CD provided by the A/E. The A/E will edit the specification specific to this project. All cost estimates shall be on VA Form 10-6238. Cost estimates shall be quantitative based on drawings and specifications, indicating labor and materials for each branch of work and reflecting estimated cost for each item. Cost estimates shall include 10% for overhead and 10% for profit and an allowance for General Conditions. 5.The A/E shall develop bid alternates to keep the final construction cost within the approved budget. In order to accomplish this, the final construction documents shall have bid alternates so that the lowest bid alternate is 20% less than the approved construction budget, based on the A/E's final cost estimate. LIMITATIONS VA NOTICE OF TOTAL VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (DEC 2009) (a) Definition. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, "Veteran-owned small business concern"- (1) Means a small business concern- (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans; (iii) The business meets Federal small business size standards for the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in the solicitation document; and (iv) The business has been verified for ownership and control and is so listed in the Vendor Information Pages database, (http://www.VetBiz.gov). (2) "Veteran" is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from veteran-owned small business concerns. All service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses are also determined to be veteran owned small businesses if they meet the criteria identified in paragraph (a) (1) of this section. Offers received from concerns that are not veteran-owned small business concerns shall not be considered. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation shall be made to a veteran-owned small business concern. (c) Agreement. A veteran-owned small business concern agrees that in the performance of the contract, in the case of a contract for- (1) Services (except construction), at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns; (2) Supplies (other than acquisition from a non-manufacturer of the supplies), at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing, excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by the concern or other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns; (3) General construction, at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns; or (4) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other eligible veteran-owned small business concerns. (d) A joint venture may be considered a veteran-owned small business concern if: (1) At least one member of the joint venture is a veteran-owned small business concern, and makes the following representations: That it is a veteran-owned small business concern, and that it is a small business concern under the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; (2) Each other concern is small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; (3) The joint venture meets the requirements of paragraph 7 of the explanation of Affiliates in 19.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and (4) The joint venture meets the requirements of 13 CFR 125.15(b), except that the principal company may be a veteran-owned small business concern or a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (e) Any veteran-owned small business concern (non-manufacturer) must meet the requirements in 19.102(f) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to receive a benefit under this program. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Qualified Veteran Owned Small Business firms are required to submit two (2) hard copies of the SF 330 (which can be downloaded from www.gsa.gov/forms ) and one (2) Compact Disc (CD) which contains digital copies of the SF 330. All packages shall be submitted no later than 3:00 PM, EST on Tuesday July 8, 2014. All submittals must be sent to the attention of Dominik Gammon 9B-62 (10N3NCO), James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Room 9B-62, Bronx, NY 10468-3904. The submission must include an insert detailing the following information: 1.Dun & Bradstreet Number; 2.Tax ID Number; 3.The e-mail address and phone number of the Primary Point of Contact and; 4.A copy of the firms CVE verification as a Veteran Owned Small Business. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for not receiving submissions due to the offerors misaddressing the package or illegibility of the information. NOTE: Any request for assistance with submission or other procedural matters shall be submitted via email only (Dominik.Gammon@va.gov); telephone inquiries will not be honored. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY NOR REIMBURSE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST. THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/BroVANAP/VAMD/VA24314I1103/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA243-14-I-1103 VA243-14-I-1103.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1407709&FileName=VA243-14-I-1103-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1407709&FileName=VA243-14-I-1103-000.docx

 

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Place of Performance

Address: Lyons Campus;VA New Jersey;Healthcare System;151 Knollcroft Rd;Lyons NY

Zip Code: 07939-5001
 

Record

SN03386775-W 20140607/140605235223-753e4e5c56c25cd133704a3378a0b74e (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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